Oop! It's not a scam! I called my local office and they had a record of the call from the 718 number and told me that there was definitely something they needed from me . So I called back and the woman was helpful and I answered the questions.... It was so minor that it would not have affected my SSA payments in any way. It all seemed legit!
Got a call want birth date and ssn, hung up and tried to call back, it was a disconnected number. not the social security office,, FRAUD dont buy into it
I,as many was extremely weary about the call. First ,they called & my wife picked up for I was out,she told me someone from Social Security called,being the ever suspicious person that I have become ever since JFK, I decided to do a # check ,& came upon this BLOG,after reading all the comments,I decided that the next call I receive I will pick & give the person the business,which I did,& I'm sorry that I did ,for this is a LEGITIMATE OUT-GOING #,unfortunately I wasn't told ,or advised that someone would call me. Well that being said,when I initially called I told the person I wish to make an appointment to speak to someone,for I had a few questions to ask before filing,but this person was able to answer my questions,but she left out one important note, That she did request an appointment ,which I told her, that since YOU have ANSWERED my questions,there is absolutely NO NEED for me to waste their time , & mine, to go to the office,please DO NOT make a appt. ,she said fine that she will E-MAIL the online info,& that I can apply as soon as we hang up, but that person failed to stop putting in for the appt. A failure to communicate,but it does ,unfortunately happens.This started achange of events that,led to the 718 phone call from Jamaica, N. Y. office to verify my appt. for August,but I thought it was someone scamming me,especially after reading this BLOG. Folk's IT IS LEGITIMATE,& I told MR R.@ the Jamaica Office ( which is the processing Department ) to relay my apologies to that sweet,& soft spoken young lady ,that was there to HELP,NOT HINDER.ME,......
So let me get this straight. You knew who called you and who the number belonged to but you decided to look it up and then come to a site that outs scams and schemes and other criminal activities to post a "how wonderful the people are at this number" report? A very poorly worded post I might add.
This company is creating fake reviews on various sites. They called on my home phone, caller ID listed "US GOVERNMENT" regarding a recent medicare application, she sounded like a fraud, refused detail unless I 'verified' personal info, didn't have a confirmation number or an ID badge number, just called herself Cassandra. She gave a call-back number I couldn't verify online, SSA couldn't verify number and when I called them back to check, the phone rang 6 times before some random dude picked up. No SSA voice recording, wanted my SSN immediately. I hung up. IT'S A SCAM based out of Queens, NY, don't bother with posters saying it isn't.
BTW, the caller ID number was 1-718-557-300 and the phony call back number was 1-866-226-2306.